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Sourcefire Increases Threat Protection with Security Ecosystem Initiative

^{Published on 2010-08-31 07:40:30 - Market Wire}
 

WOKINGHAM, England--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIRE), the creators of Snort® and a leader in intelligent [ cybersecurity ] solutions, today announced its vision and strategy for the Sourcefire Technology Partner (STP) Program. The new STP Program helps businesses ensure that their security products are capable of being used reciprocally a" supporting maximum return on investment and minimizing risk to their network. The STP Program was designed to simplify integration between the Sourcefire Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and complementary security technologies.

"As threats become increasinglysophisticated, it is important for businesses to select security vendors whopromote the development of interoperable products and solutions"

aAs threats become increasinglysophisticated, it is important for businesses to select security vendors whopromote the development of interoperable products and solutions,a said AndrewHay, Senior Security Analyst with analyst firm The 451 Group. aThe STP Program is aprimeexample of one vendor driving integrationand collaboration between disparate products.a

The STP Program enables users to maximize their security investments, speed protection and reduce overhead costs, enabling organizations to combine network forensics, Network Access Control (NAC), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Security Information & Event Management (SIEM), vulnerability management, and infrastructure technologies into an intelligent security ecosystem. This provides users with an increased depth of technologies that can interact and share information with the Sourcefire IPS, for increased protection and lower total cost of ownership.

Sourcefire empowers partners and increases the effectiveness of protection by providing powerful integration points that enable the IPS to share security intelligence with other leading solutions. This enables Sourcefire to import intelligence from leading vulnerability management solutions for more effective impact assessment.

aTo effectively protect against todaya™s most sophisticated threats, enterprises require their individual security investments to communicate and share threat, vulnerability and impact information,a said Douglas Hurd, Director of Alliance Marketing at Sourcefire. aWith the STP Program, we are enabling our customers and channel partners to leverage and extend the capabilities of their existing solutions, so that they can improve the accuracy and affordability of protection.a

The Sourcefire Technology Partner Program is part of the Sourcefire Global Security Alliance, which also includes channel partners and MSSPs. Sourcefire channel partners play an important role in the program a" channel partners deploy, support and manage multiple technologies from many vendors and are uniquely positioned to leverage the benefits of an integrated security strategy for their customers.